About this program
Music and Film Studies
This exciting course course is run by the School of Creative Studies and Media in collaboration with Bangor’s world-class School of Music. The course is aimed at students who want to study Film Studies (for example: digital film production, Hollywood cinema, History of Film, Directing for performance, women on film, animation, world cinema, among other modules) and combine this with the study and/or practice of Music. This course course will equip you with a lively grounding in the practical and critical skills required in these exciting creative fields.
The School of Creative Studies and Media at Bangor specialises in three key areas: Creative Writing, Professional Writing, Journalism; Media, Film and Cinema Studies, New Media; and The Entertainment Industries and Performance Arts. The School has research interests in all areas of the Creative Industries, with research programs running in several key areas: Hollywood and European Cinemas, New and Digital Media, Performance and Nation, Creative Mobile Technologies, Celtic Film and Media, Creative Writing, Critical Writing about Creative Writing, the dimensions and enhancement of Creativity, Publishing and Bookselling, Creative Industries Policy and Management, Children's Picture Books, Postcolonial Film and Media, Creative and Critical Understanding, Digital Versatile Disk, Critical Responsiveness for Creative Practitioners, Interactive Television and Podcasting.
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Admission requirements
For entry 2020:
Typical offer is based on a minimum 120 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification e.g.:
- A Levels (including grade B in Music or in conjunction with alternative qualifications listed below)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma (including grade H6 in Music)
- BTEC National/Extended Diploma in Music: DDM
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DDM
- City & Guilds Advanced Technical/ Extended Diploma: considered case by case
- Access: Pass
- Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted.
- Points from grade examinations are taken appropriate,not normally included in the offer.
International Candidates: school leaving qualifications and college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements).
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website
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Music and Film Studies offers a balance of practical and critical tasks. In Film Studies you will explore a variety of films and film practices, having the opportunity to explore work from the past and present and to consider both the application of ideas to your own productions, and/or the critical study of film. In Music modules are also either practical or critical, and offer a wide variety of choices. Much of your study will be done in small group teaching.
For more information about specific modules, please visit the university website.
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition
Please contact the institute for more information.
Qualification
Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a BA (Joint Hons).
Continuing studies
A number of graduates have continued to Postgraduate study.
Career paths
Employability and Creative Studies and Media degrees
Creative Studies and Media courses offer a number of career paths for you to choose from once you graduate. They emphasise the importance of creative exploration, and actual university-level critical understanding. These things - the ability to be creatively adaptable, consider the tools at hand and apply creative thinking, the importance of innovation and a combination of practical and critical knowledge - make Creative Studies and Media graduates ideal employees or, indeed, creative entrepreneurs in their own businesses.
Creative Studies and Media courses have seen graduates involved in both academe and in industry, including work in:
- Creative Writing, Professional Writing and Publishing;
- Performance and the Theatre, both on and behind the stage;
- Print and/or Broadcast Journalism;
- Actors, presenters and in television program production;
- Advertising and the Marketing industries;
- Radio, as presenters, as well as in program production;
- Digital, Web and New Media production;
- Multi-media industries.
Some have followed careers in teaching, lecturing, politics and public relations.
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Bangor University
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Why study at Bangor University
A Top 30 university
The Complete University Guide 2022 results place Bangor amongst the UK’s top 30 universities for student satisfaction (excluding specialist institutions). This reflects the University’s focus on the overall student experience.
Wide range of courses
We offer hundreds of courses across the arts and the sciences. We pride ourselves on the quality of our teaching and our courses and lecturers have been rated in the top 5 in the UK (WhatUni 2022).
World-class teaching & research
Study at a world-class university, which is recognised for the quality of teaching and research. 85% of Bangor University's research is world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021).
Work experience and placements
We offer a variety of options to gain valuable employability skills, which include supporting you in work placements and internships that you may wish to undertake.
Guaranteed accommodation
We guarantee accommodation for first-year students who apply by the deadline and select us as their Firm Choice. Our accommodation was rated Top 3 in the UK at the WhatUni Student Choice Awards 2022.
Free membership of all clubs and societies
Take advantage of the Bangor Student Experience with free membership of student clubs and societies. There are over 150 different ones to choose from, so you can try something new, get involved with sports, meet new friends and get out and explore the local area.
UNRIVALLED location
Choose to study in one of the best places in the UK to be a student. Bangor’s location – close to the mountains and the sea – has been described as ‘the best university setting in the UK’.
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